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Going down memory lane a it the last few months. I was looking for pics on my stay in Toad River Mile 422 Alaska Highway and suddenly found back this pic.
After finishing my study at the the University (1985), I was a bit lost and had enough of all the theoretical stuff. So I worked at a small Volvo garage of a friend of me for almost a year, doing welding work for him to earn space and material to restore my Volvo's and a Mercedes Postal Bus converted to camper.
On his terrain was also parked a truck that always made my mouth water. The truck was owned by a Dutch geological survey institute to do ground work, drilling etc. In all the time, I saw it being started up only a few times, but that was impressive. My friend told me it was a Diamond-T.
We lost contact and both of us have moved, but that truck came back to my mind several times, and now I found a picture of it back, did not know I had it.
So what are we looking at here, anybody can identify this more precise? Is this another surplus truck converted to civil use?
![Larry-diamond-T-r2.jpg Larry-diamond-T-r2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/323/323550-36b96def6b2a149f4e43926c2aebdfb5.jpg)
The yellow stuff behind the truck is the drilling trailer. I noticed on the picture that the truck has its main lights in the bumper. I now know that this is to comply with Dutch DoT laws that main lights have to be within 50 cm of the side of the truck. The original lights, as in my 5-ton, are too close to the center of the truck.
After finishing my study at the the University (1985), I was a bit lost and had enough of all the theoretical stuff. So I worked at a small Volvo garage of a friend of me for almost a year, doing welding work for him to earn space and material to restore my Volvo's and a Mercedes Postal Bus converted to camper.
On his terrain was also parked a truck that always made my mouth water. The truck was owned by a Dutch geological survey institute to do ground work, drilling etc. In all the time, I saw it being started up only a few times, but that was impressive. My friend told me it was a Diamond-T.
We lost contact and both of us have moved, but that truck came back to my mind several times, and now I found a picture of it back, did not know I had it.
So what are we looking at here, anybody can identify this more precise? Is this another surplus truck converted to civil use?
![Larry-diamond-T-r2.jpg Larry-diamond-T-r2.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/323/323550-36b96def6b2a149f4e43926c2aebdfb5.jpg)
The yellow stuff behind the truck is the drilling trailer. I noticed on the picture that the truck has its main lights in the bumper. I now know that this is to comply with Dutch DoT laws that main lights have to be within 50 cm of the side of the truck. The original lights, as in my 5-ton, are too close to the center of the truck.